Hyderabad : Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday questioned BRS working president KT Rama Rao ’s claim that former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) was born into a family that owned hundreds of acres, pointing to the landholdings declared by Rao in his election affidavits.
Ponguleti said KCR had declared in his 2004 affidavit that he did not own any agricultural land. He questioned how the former CM later came to possess land worth thousands of crores of rupees.
Responding to KTR’s remarks on X, Ponguleti shared KCR’s 2004 Karimnagar Lok Sabha election affidavit and questioned how his landholdings had increased over the years. He said election affidavits submitted by KCR showed a substantial increase in his landholdings during the Telangana movement and over his 10 years in power. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Hyderabad | Silver Rate in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad | Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Petrol Price in Hyderabad | Diesel Price in Hyderabad | CNG Price in Hyderabad | LPG Price in Hyderabad Stay updated with the latest Hyderabad news.
Ponguleti also questioned whether the details furnished in KCR’s election affidavits were incorrect or whether people were being given conflicting accounts of his assets. He further questioned how the KCR family accumulated substantial assets during the BRS’s decade in power while many Telangana movement activists were left burdened with debt. He asked KTR to explain the discrepancy between his claims and the details contained in KCR’s election affidavits. Download the TOI App.